Secular Government Quotes

Can a free government possibly exist with the Roman Catholic religion?

We establish no religion in this country. We command no worship. We mandate no belief, nor will we ever. Church and state are and must remain separate.

Without God there could be no American form of government, nor an American way of life. Recognition of the Supreme Being is the first, the most basic, expression of Americanism. Thus, the founding fathers of America saw it, and thus with God's help, it will continue to be.

Americans are incredibly religious as a nation, and we have gotten that way by having the government stay out of religion and say religion is a private matter. The government doesn't take sides. Public schools don't promote or denigrate any religion.

Government has no Right to hurt a hair of the head of an Atheist, for his Opinions. Let him have a care of his Practices.

Church and state are, and must remain, separate.

The Founders intended only to prevent the establishment of a single national denomination, not to restrain public religious expressions.

I believe that religion should be totally separated from the state. That's not the way it is today, not even in Sweden.

Our rights do not come from God. That's your faith, that's my faith, but that's not our country.

In a word, the free Church in a free State has been the programme which led me to my first efforts, and which I continue to regard as just and true, reasonable and practical, after the studies of thirty years.

The United States is not a Christian nation. It is a great nation with Christians, among others, in it. But our greatness is based on the fact that there is no official religion.

No union exists between church and state, and perfect freedom of opinion is guaranteed to all sects and creeds.

No religious doctrine shall be established by law.

I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute - where no Catholic prelate would tell the president (should he be Catholic) how to act. I do not speak for my church on public matters - and the church does not speak for me.

US is a very religious country. Separation of church and state is part of our credo, but that it is hard to understand since our money says "In God we trust" and every President says "God bless America".

To the ACLU, the First Amendment speaks more directly to freedom from religion than it does to freedom of religion.

The mixing of government and religion can be a threat to free government, even if no one is forced to participate.... When the government puts its imprimatur on a particular religion, it conveys a message of exclusion to all those who do not adhere to the favored beliefs. A government cannot be premised on the belief that all persons are created equal when it asserts that God prefers some.

In a vast and diverse country like India, a political party with secular ideology can ensure stable and progressive government.

We know that the Constitution wisely separates church from state, but remember: the Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.

Secularism is a term interpreted in many different ways by different people. For me, it has always been something very simple - putting India First

That's why I believe in a Constitution which separates church from state. I've seen what happens when they get in cahoots.

The "wall of separation between church and State" is a metaphor based on bad history.

The Constitution established the United States of America as a Christian nation.

The Constitution of the U.S. forbids everything like an establishment of a national religion.

The ACLU sues no matter what public property a religious symbol is placed on.